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' G, T. PARR. COLLAPSIBLE 'FAN TRELLISL APPLICATION FILED MAY 21. 19ml11,311,136. I Patented July 22,1919.

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e. T. PARR.

COLL'APSIBLE FAN TRELLIS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 27. 1918.

1,3 1 1, 1 36. I Patented July 22, 1919.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE T. PARK-,3 a citizen of the United States,residing at St.

: Paul, in the county of- Ramsey and "State of Minnesota, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Collapsible -Fan-Trellises,

. of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a collapsible trellis which isparticularlyadapted for garden use havingan artistic design or shape when in'use,and provided with means whereby'it can be collapsed and stored 'away ina very :small space. i The construction of my trellis is very simple andinexpensive to manufacture being provided with a detachable stake,

thus affording the easy positioningofthetrellis in any desired placewithout injury to the artisticelements of the same. The collapsingfeature of 'the trellis allows the same to be packedeasily for carryingor shipment, giving a package of'small dimensions, a feature whichisdesirable tofthe merchant or customer. The detachable l attached tothe stake.

stake provides a; device whichis consider- 'a bly 'shorter tha'nfitwould necessanly'have to be" if the stake were formed in continuation"of the bodyportionof thetrellis and this feature allows the stake .to bedriven into theground where it is desired to set up the trellis beforethe body fofthe same" is It is a feature of the inventionto providemeans of construction to prevent'thej break- T ing ofl OfLthefl'eXibleelements of, the body of the same. This feature is very importantportion of thetrellis during, the setting. up

in apractical device, and has heretofore caused a greatdeal1asitiwould'appearwhen inuse. V Fig. 2 is a-perspective' view of thetrellis 1 "bars alongsideofthesamef .7

Fig.;-3 illustrates afperspective' view of :partof this specification:

1 {Figure' 'l' is a front'elevation ofmytrelhs in collapsed positionshowing the spacing *detail portion ef the trellis.

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of trouble in collapsible I trellisconstru ctions.

In the accompanying drawings forming l Fig, 7 .is a front elevation ofafn" alternativ'e construction 1 of" my trell-is.= I1.

' l. GEORGE '1'. IPARR, or s'r. PAUL, MmsorA.

' oo L rsIBLEi FAN-TnELLis.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented filly; 22, 1919,

Application filed May 27, 1918, Serial No. 236,947.

Fig. Sis a perspective view of the alternative construction of thetrellis in collapsed position with the stake and spacing partspositioned on either side of the same.

In the drawing A represents a trellis which is formed with a;bodyportion composed of a series of thin flat flexiblemenr bers-2. Themembers 2 are'formedof any suitable material with sufficient flexibilityto allow them to be curved or bowed into the desired position, and arecollectively held" onlone end between short flexible guards 3 by anysuitable means, such as nails or screws 4 to form a base portion 5.

The holding means 4 is preferably placed close to the lower end orextremity of the base portion 5, and hingedly holds the lower endstogether the purpose of which will be I hereinafter described.

The members 2 are formed with upper notches 6 near theupper free end inwhich spacing .bar 7 having notches 8 is adapted 7 and is formed withnotcheslO which-are similarto the notches '8 and which fit or engage inthe notches 11 formed in the members 2. The "spacing bar 9' adds to theartistic design of the trellis A and also strengthens the constructionof the same.

The guards 3 are sufficiently flexible to allow the bars 2 to spread asillustrated in being attached to the bars 2, during the setting up ofthe trellis 'A and the holding means 4 preventing separation of the bars2 at the base of the trellis. This constructio'n'allows the spreading ofthe bars 2 from the holding meanse'to' the freeends with- V out breakingthem off above the side guards Figi il illustrate's, perspective, adetail h of a portionof the trellis. w I'Fig5 5-illustratesadetailportion ofthe *"trellisJ Eigah illustrates; a detailportion of theis important andvaluable'in a collapsible trellis and is'adapted to bedriven into the ground at the place where it is desired toset-upthesame; The stake 12has angular -Fig. 3, when the spacing bars 7and 9 are 7 bands or clamps 14 formed with inturned engaging ends 15which engage in sockets formed in the back of the stake 12 to hold thebands attached to the stake. The bands let engage against the guards 3,of the base oi' the trellis 5, when the trellis is slid into the same,compressing or drawing together the bars 2 to hold the base portion ofthe trellis A, under spring tension of the bars 2 in the clamps 1A andalso holding the ends 15 in the sockets in the stake. the stake. 12 hasbeen driven into the ground and the bars 2 spread apart by the spacers.The construction of the stake 12 allowsit to be easily detached fromthe body of the trellis and also allows the clamps 1A to he slid overthe base portion 5 with the pointed end extending inwardly toward thebody of the trellis A, as illustrated in the .Fig. 2 when the trellis iscollapsed. WVhen the trellis A is collapsed the bars 2 will lie in theposition illustrated in Fig. 2, and the bars 7 and 9 can be held toeither side of the body of the trellis by slipping one end of each underthe portions of the bands 14:. Thus the trellis A can be collapsed into;a

small package which allows it to be easily carried when purchased orshipped.

The fiat tlnn construction of the members 2 ofthe trellis A allow themto be bent or curvedin' one direction while they are rigid in theopposite direction. This construction of themembers 2 gives a trellis Aof suflicient rigidity to form a support for plants etc., when in use.It is an important feature of the trellis A that the members 2 be spreadapart and the spacing bars 7 and 9. secured thereto before the base 5 ofthe trellis is attached to the stake 12, to

insure and" guard. against breaking of the .niembers 2 while they arebeing spread apart.

Fig. 3 illustrates the members 2 spread apart clear down to the holding.means 4, before the trellis has been inserted in the clamps 14:, whichcompresses or squeezes the portion of. the members 2 between the :guards'3 together without breaking the 'In the construction illustrated inFig. 7 the base portion 5 of the trellis A is provided with the guards 3on either side of the lower portion of the members 2. which are boundtogether by means .of, the bolts or screws 18 and 19. 1

The bolt 18 is positioned'near the lower Thus when I extremity and thebolt 19 beingpositioned above the bolt 18. In this construction thestake 20 is detachable from the body of the trellis and. is driven intothe ground before the base portion 5 of the trellis is attached to thesame. The base portion 5 of the trellis illustrated in this constructionis secured to they stake 20 by screws or other suitable means. In thisconstruction the guards 3 project some distance above the bolt 19 andare sufliciently flexible 'to allow the members 2 to bend withoutbreaking at a point above the base portion of thetrellis when the sameis being set up.

The trellis is easily. collapsed and the spacing bars together with thestake 2O can'be attached to the sides of the'same in any suitablemanner. The trellis when collapsed will appear as illustrated in Fig. 8,which illustrates the spacing bars 7 and 9 alongside ofthe body portionof the same.

WVhen the, trellis A is collapsed by removing from the stake 12, andremoving the bars 7 and 9. the members 2- willtend to spring togetherinto the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 7 for this reason the bars7 and 9need only to he slipped into place in the notches-or recesses inthe members 2 as the spring tensionof themembers 2 is sufficient to holdthem in place.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principlesof operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I nowconsider to represent the best embodiment thereofl but I desire to haveit understood; that. the construction shown is onl illustrative andthat'the inin the recesses formed :in said flexible members to space thefreeends of said flexible members apart when in a spread out positionand holding means on said stake for engaging the lower ends of saidflexible members to draw said lower ends together parallel to andadjacent each other when saidends are slid into saidsholding means torigidly hold said lower end of. said trellis by their spring tension tosaid stake- 2. In a device of the class'described; come:

prising a series of thinflatfiexible members hinged together on one endwith their fiat surfaces lying'jadjacent each other, "the upper ends ofsaid membersbeingfree to be spread apart, spacing bars adapted; toengage said upper free ends to hold them .a base portion on saidtrellis, guards secured to the outer flexible members at their baseportion," a stake for removably holding said base portion and clampingmeans for slidably engaging the base portion of said trellis to compresssaid flat flexible members into position extending parallel to eachother at their base portion between said clamping means, causing saidflGXlblQIIIQIIlbBI'S to be held in said clamping means under their owntension.

In a trellis having a body. portion formed of a series of thin, flexiblemembers, means for hlngedly holding the lower extremities of saidmembers together, means for spacing the free ends of said flexiblemembers apart to form a fan shaped trellis, a stake having means fordrawing the hinged ends of said flexible members together to lieparallel to each other at their hinging ends when it is in use as atrellis, said means being also adapted to engage the hinged togetherends of said trellis when the same is collapsed to hold the stake, withits body portion adjacent and extending lon- Gopies of this patent maybeobtained for gitudinally with the body portion of the trellis andflexible members to hold the flexible members in a collapsed positionparallel to each other.

5. In a trellis having a body portion formed of a series of thin,flexible members, means for hingedly holding one end of said memberstogether, a stake for holding said trellis, and means on .said stake forholding it with its body portion extending longitudinally with andadjacent the flexible members holding said flexible members parallel toeach other, said holding means being adapted to hold the hinged togetherends of said trellis compressed parallel between said holding means andallowing their free ends to be spread apart to form a fan shapedtrellis.

6. In a trellis having a body portion formed of a series of thin, flat,flexible members, means for holding one end of said members hingedtogether to allow said members to be spread apart from their free endsto the hinging point, a stake for detachably holding the hinged togetherends and loops on said stake for drawing the hinged together endstogether so as to extend parallel to each other between said loops, saidloops being adapted to hold said stake with its body portion extendingwith and against the body portion of the flexible members when the sameare collapsed, said loops holding said members collectively whencollapsed and in a compact state.

GEORGE T. FARR.

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